"Bell" Epoque

In 2012, I identified Bella as one of the hot combining names of this generation -- a name that parents love to mix and match with other sounds to build new names. Traditional choices like Isabella and Annabella were just the tip of the iceberg. Creative combos like Elizabella and Bellarose were springing up by the dozen.

In the two years since I wrote that, the bell- creativity has only grown. Last year, 146 different "bell" names were chosen for at least five newborn American girls. I wanted to find a way to present that amazing flowering of style around a single sound.

While this site is known for data visualization and statistical analysis, this time I've decided to put aside graphs and summaries. Nothing can tell the tale of these names better than the names themselves. Below are all 146 names. Remember that these aren't isolated examples; each name represents a minimum of five babies born last year alone.

Elizabeth T. wrote: "The -bel names are not on the list, so Isabel, Isobel, Christabel, Jezebel, etc. are not included."

Thanks, Elizabeth! Yes, there are 43 more names with "bel," no second L. They include Jazabel, Crisbel and Yarisbel along with many more conventional choices. One reason I left them off this list is that they also include more unstressed "bel" syllables -- e.g. Ebelyn & Ebelin -- which seems like a different story. (Probably Ebelyn reflects the Spanish pronunciation of v?)

Yes, I imagine that Ebelyn is just a creative spelling of Evelyn among Spanish-speaking parents. The 'b' and the 'v' are pronounced identically in Spanish. I once knew a Bibiana and there is a girl in my son's school named Kimverli.

I'm just glad Tinker Bell did not show up! We have Tink in her own movie series, "Twilight" Bella (technically an Isabella), and "Harry Potter" Bellatrix all ringing that "bell" sound in popular culture and probably other examples I'm not thinking of.

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